02 September 2012;
Well me and my faithful steed took a nice trip down to Bedford Autodrome yesterday to take part in ClubMSV How Fast on the West Circuit configuration with eleven other like-minded idiots. It was a cracking day on and off the track, the MSV staff were great as always but my only gripe would be that there was nowhere to get cold drinks on that side of the venue. Anyway, it was nice to put some faces to names and also nice to get on a dry track for the first time which was a complete novelty for me!!!
As such, I learnt a few new things about the Conti' SC3s. In the wet/damp they're superb and seem to suffer very little from fade/wear but yesterday they were on the verge of giving up. I think the temperature was too much for them maybe as after 4/5 laps they'd start to fade where as in wet/damp conditions they'll put up with a good 9/10 laps of Oulton Park. They got nice and warm and sticky to touch yesterday, more so than at Oulton Park... I think the drive home cleared up most of the rubbish off the fronts too. To be fair though, they're not marketed as a Track Tyre so overall I'm still impressed with them and feel that they're a good compromise.
How they ended up...
Front Right;
Front Left;
Rear Right;
Rear Left;
I'll post up some action shots from the day as soon as they're made available...
My times improved consistently through the day, from a 01:42:106 after my first 4/5 lap stint to a 01:36.321 by the end of Practice, which was bettered twice in two laps in the Timed to give me a PB of 01:34.764. I'm really happy with near enough an 8 Second improvement and I think I could've gone faster still (despite dying tyres) with some tuition or another session once I'd learnt the layout. Still, there's something to aim at for next time at least...
Willis/Nicole = 01:34.764
EVO Magazine/RS Clio 200 Cup = 01:31.900
I'm coming for you EVO... Muhahahahahahahahahaha!!!
Well me and my faithful steed took a nice trip down to Bedford Autodrome yesterday to take part in ClubMSV How Fast on the West Circuit configuration with eleven other like-minded idiots. It was a cracking day on and off the track, the MSV staff were great as always but my only gripe would be that there was nowhere to get cold drinks on that side of the venue. Anyway, it was nice to put some faces to names and also nice to get on a dry track for the first time which was a complete novelty for me!!!
As such, I learnt a few new things about the Conti' SC3s. In the wet/damp they're superb and seem to suffer very little from fade/wear but yesterday they were on the verge of giving up. I think the temperature was too much for them maybe as after 4/5 laps they'd start to fade where as in wet/damp conditions they'll put up with a good 9/10 laps of Oulton Park. They got nice and warm and sticky to touch yesterday, more so than at Oulton Park... I think the drive home cleared up most of the rubbish off the fronts too. To be fair though, they're not marketed as a Track Tyre so overall I'm still impressed with them and feel that they're a good compromise.
How they ended up...
Front Right;
Front Left;
Rear Right;
Rear Left;
I'll post up some action shots from the day as soon as they're made available...
My times improved consistently through the day, from a 01:42:106 after my first 4/5 lap stint to a 01:36.321 by the end of Practice, which was bettered twice in two laps in the Timed to give me a PB of 01:34.764. I'm really happy with near enough an 8 Second improvement and I think I could've gone faster still (despite dying tyres) with some tuition or another session once I'd learnt the layout. Still, there's something to aim at for next time at least...
Willis/Nicole = 01:34.764
EVO Magazine/RS Clio 200 Cup = 01:31.900
I'm coming for you EVO... Muhahahahahahahahahaha!!!
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